Sarah Jones Weicksel
Role at the time: Executive director of the American Historical Association
Condemned
Statement summary
Weicksel argues that removing mandatory preservation would prevent historians from understanding presidential decisions.
“Every time a record is destroyed, a piece of history is lost.”
Read the official statement (opens in a new tab)Chukwu and Weicksel defend presidential-record preservationStatements by Chioma Chukwu and Sarah Weicksel
American Oversight publishes separately attributed statements ahead of the appeal argument and explains the preliminary injunction.
Why we used this label
Weicksel opposes abandoning mandatory preservation because she says the resulting loss of records would prevent historical understanding.